Anthologies:
Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales told by Extraordinary Cartoonists, ed. Chris Duffy
Comics Squad: Recess!, by 8 contemporary comics authors
Awesome heroines:
Maya Makes a Mess, bv Rutu Modan
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat, by Chris Riddell
Ottoline Goes to School and Ottoline at Sea, by Chris Riddell
Zita the Spacegirl, by Ben Hatke
Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye, by Colleen AF Venable and Stephanie Yue
Rapunzel's Revenge, by Shannon and Dean Hale
Calamity Jack, by Shannon and Dean Hale
Dragon Girl: The Secret Valley, by Jeff Weigel
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Cleopatra in Space, by Mike Maihack
Sisters, by Raina Telgemeier
El Deafo, by Cece Bell
Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson
Princeless, by Jeremy Whitley
Giants Beware! and Dragons Beware!, by Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado
Raven the Pirate Princess, by Jeremy Whitley
Fairy tale-inspired:
Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales told by Extraordinary Cartoonists, ed. Chris Duffy
Rapunzel's Revenge, by Shannon and Dean Hale
Calamity Jack, by Shannon and Dean Hale
Historical fiction:
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, by Nathan Hale
Memoirs:
El Deafo, by Cece Bell
Smile, by Raina Telgemeier (also here)
Sisters, by Raina Telgemeier
Series that may obsess your family to the point of no return:
The Bone series, by Jeff Smith (also here)
The Olympians series, by George O'Connor
The Amulet series, by Kazu Kibuishi
Avatar: The Last Airbender, by Gene Luen Yang
Superhero types, many with capes:
Zita the Spacegirl, by Ben Hatke
Dragon Girl: The Secret Valley, by Jeff Weigel
The Olympians series, by George O'Connor
Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani
BOOKS BY AGE
Elementary and up (shorter, early reader books):
Maya Makes a Mess, bv Rutu Modan
Little Mouse Gets Ready, by Jeff Smith
Silly Lilly in What Will I Be Today? by Agnes Rosensteihl
Nina in That Makes Me Mad, by Hilary Knight and Steven Kroll
For more like this, check out the Toon Books site
Elementary and up (longer, more plot):
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat, by Chris Riddell
Ottoline Goes to School and Ottoline at Sea, by Chris Riddell
Zita the Spacegirl, by Ben Hatke
Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales told by Extraordinary Cartoonists, ed. Chris Duffy
Tales from Shakespeare, by Marcia Williams
Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye, by Colleen AF Venable and Stephanie Yue
Rapunzel's Revenge, by Shannon and Dean Hale
Calamity Jack, by Shannon and Dean Hale
Dragon Girl: The Secret Valley, by Jeff Weigel
Cleopatra in Space, by Mike Maihack
Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani
Princeless, by Jeremy Whitley
Giants Beware! and Dragons Beware!, by Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado
Elementary and up if your kids can handle a little more violence in places:
The Bone series, by Jeff Smith
The Olympians series, by George O'Connor
The Amulet series, by Kazu Kibuishi
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, by Nathan Hale
Avatar: The Last Airbender, by Gene Luen Yang
Travels of Thelonious
Smile, by Raina Telgemeier (also here)
Sisters, by Raina Telgemeier
Drama, by Raina Telgemeier
Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, by Joseph Lambert
El Deafo, by Cece Bell
Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, by Nathan Hale
Raven the Pirate Princess, by Jeremy Whitley
YA and up:
American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang
In the Shadow of No Towers, by Art Spiegelman (quite an adult book)
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Skim, by Mariko Tamaki
Awkward, Definition, Potential, and Likewise, by Ariel Shrag
Ian Pollock's Illustrated King Lear
Othello
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